I am aware that ice-cooled regrigerator cars were used to transport magazines on their backhuals from the East. I also have a photo of a refrigerator car...
There was a short lived company that provided metal cans for the nursery industry that was located at Browning (near Tustin)on the Santa Fe's Venta/Irvine...
The Santa Fe made quite a few efforts to increase the back haul business for refrigerator cars returning empty from the east. I have records of some testimony...
William Messecar
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Feb 10, 2005 11:16 pm
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Bob, "Violators of these policies will be stuffed into an orange crate." I love it! Thanks for the invite, Kind Sir. Dorr Altizer...
There was a l Bill Messecar Santafe-Mail@... The Santa Fe had several long spurs running north off their trackage between Pasadena and San Bernardino....
William Messecar
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Feb 10, 2005 11:22 pm
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I have been trying to figure out what these were for for a long time. The agent at Upland told me that the spur there was used to store empty cars waiting for...
Dave and list. The Upland Foothill spur as it was called went up to the Cucamonga Mesa packing house on 19th street--probably 5 miles north of the Upland...
William Messecar
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Feb 11, 2005 7:18 am
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Bill, Can you explain exactly what "refrigerator cars after they had been conditioned" means? I've seen this "conditioning" mentioned in other places but I've...
Saw the notice and joined up pronto ... Remember way back when my folks used to take me to Santa Ana (we lived in San Diego) and we passed what seemed like...
Hi all, Decided to join as well when I saw the notice. Like a few others I'm trying to build a model railroad with an ATSF So.Cal. citrus theme. I've been ...
Re: "Saw the notice and joined up pronto ..." As did I, although I'm not interested in modeling the Santa Fe in any kind of three-dimensional but reduced scale...
By the time that I explored the Cucamonga Foothill Spur in the late 1960s, there was little reason to indicate its purpose beyond the spur to the winery along...
Hi Cliff, You wrote about the Cucamonga Foothill Spur which brought back many memories. Do you or did you live near Lamanda Park (East Pasadena) area. I was ...
In a message dated 2/11/2005 9:44:43 PM Central Standard Time, citrusmodeling@yahoogroups.com writes: Jim Lancasters great site. Do you have a URL for this...
But of course Historic Packing Houses and Other Industrial Structures in Southern California: http://ljames1.home.netcom.com/scph.html Kind regards, Wilbert ...
Pepper--before you start scratch building a packing house you might check into Yesteryear's HO model of the National Orange Co. PH that was located in...
Conditioning of refrigerator cars referred to their being reconditioned after usage in service. When cars were returned to the San Bernardino yard they were...
William Messecar
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Feb 15, 2005 5:13 am
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I had a family emergency and was out of town Feb 11 through today. The message feature for this group was set to "unmoderated" before I left, however, I see...
This site is found in the group's links section, and is: http://ljames1.home.netcom.com/scph.html Bob Chaparro pepperkay@... wrote: In a message dated...
You got it!!! ljames1@... wrote: Testing the ability to send to list When replying to a message, be sure to eliminate unnecessary or redundant text....
This link has been added. Bob Chaparro superc1718 <superc1718@...> wrote: To all, I am pleased to be a new member to the group. I would like to add an ...
At one time the juice processing plant located on the East side of Joy Street in Corona, just South of the Santa Fe Mainline, had tracks servicing the plant...
Hi list, I'm new to this list and want to introduce myself. Some people on this list may know me already from the different Santa Fe list. My name is Alain Kap...
All, My name is Gary Gable and I live in Arvada, Colorado. I was raised in Redlands, California. I model the ATSF and SP Railroads in HO and N. I curreantly...
OK, men since most of the members are introducing themselves I guess I had better do the same so you'll know a little more about me if and when I e-mail the...
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